Fans of songwriter/performer Scott Miller might assume that "Big Big World" — the title of his new CD — refers to the 200-acre cattle farm Miller grew up on and now works in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.

The father/son duo's latest collaboration marks the first time they've released music as artists of equal billing and creative input. They'll showcase selections at the elder Stanley's Annual Bluegrass Festival, to be held this week in Coeburn.

It was a job offer too enticing to pass up for a history major and his geoscience major wife. On the job since mid-April, the couple are now caretakers at the Exchange Place, Kingsport's living history farm.